Paper pusher. (Open)

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Work recently had been more of a pain than usual Jim remarked out loud as he eyed the stack of parchments on his desk. Each with a worse and worse patent. Everyone wanted to come up with some amazing idea or get rich quick item but most, hell, if not all of them were terrible or just plain dangerous. The worst of all was the man who was trying to patent magic beans which when planted would regrow Hogwarts. Or any building for that matter. It would be a miracle if it worked but it didn’t. The gentlemen, if you could even call him that, came in and just dumped a can of beans on his desk. Jim could see the can was from a muggle bean brand. Really how did they think this worked? They give some crazy idea and he was just supposed to shower them with galleons? That’s how it felt much of the time. He needed to get away for a moment.

This stack of patents was driving him insane and he just wished he could throw them all in the bin. Sadly he couldn’t, partly because it was his job and partly because there might be the rare good one. It was far and few between but they did happen. He couldn’t remember the last one through all the terrible ones he had to deal with recently but he knew they must have happened at some point.

Deciding to take the rare break he just left his desk, not much of a word to anyone as it would be met with random questions. Instead, he headed down to the lobby of the ministry. The one spot he found some entertainment and a chance to cool off. People watching was always entertaining to Jim. It was mostly harmless unless he caught the gaze of the occasional weirdo. Which wasn’t hard to find here, with some of the people that entered the lobby. Finding a nice bench he attempted to relax for just a moment. Wondering just what Vic was up to right now. That and how he would rather be with her than here right now at work.

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